Making Spray Starch
#71
Originally Posted by bamamama
I've been making my own spray starch lately and its working out great. Best part is it is virtually free (except for the price of the spray bottle)
#72
Originally Posted by Cybrarian
Okay I don't drink so I don't know how cheap is cheap vodka? Smirnoff is the only brand I know. How do you store it? I bought the Sta starch to dilute and it flakes terribly. I had been buying the spray can that doesn't flake. So if you make your own only the vodka version won't flake?
#73
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Originally Posted by featherweight
Originally Posted by Suz
I am wondering about the use of vodka. What is it supposed to do?
The most expensive vodkas are made from wheat or rye.
#74
Originally Posted by NanaCsews2
If you click on Deb's blog link (from the original post)you will get the recipe.
http://debsquiltsandthings.blogspot.com/
http://debsquiltsandthings.blogspot.com/
Here’s how to make your own Spray Starch:
Measure a scant teaspoon of Argo Cornstarch or any other cooking type cornstarch. Dissolve it in a few TBSP of cold water in a 2 cup glass measuring cup then add boiling water to the 1 cup line and stir until totally dissolved. Add cold water to the 2 cup line. Put in a fine mist sprayer. (The kind you get from the beauty department of the drug store works best. Be sure to label the bottle.
Shake the bottle every time you spray. If white flaking occurs dilute with additional water. Shake well every time you spray. The bottle of starch only lasts a week or so. Make a fresh batch each week or when you start cutting and piecing a new project. There are no preservatives, no chemicals, nothing that harms us or the environment.
Don't starch fabrics for storage as I have heard it will attract critters such as silverfish, centipedes, and mice. After you have finished binding your quilt it should be washed or rinsed to remove the starch. I hear that lavender oil will keep the critters away, but I think washing the quilt is best.
Use spray starch before cutting fabrics to prevent distortion and fraying and add more when pressing seams. If you spritz the fabric and press carefully parallel to the selvages of the fabric it will give it a wonderful body. Don't push and pull on the fabric with the iron; be gentle, let the weight and heat of the iron do the work for you.
Happy Quilting!!!!
#75
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well with all the discussion ya know what. I am going to try it for myself. And if it doesn't work it was $5 and I can still add it for a preservative. Or just add distilled water some essential oil and make a linen spray. The stuff I got was too cheap to actually drink but will work for other things I could also make tinctures with it.
#79
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Join Date: Jun 2011
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Originally Posted by bamamama
Originally Posted by NanaCsews2
If you click on Deb's blog link (from the original post)you will get the recipe.
http://debsquiltsandthings.blogspot.com/
http://debsquiltsandthings.blogspot.com/
Here’s how to make your own Spray Starch:
Measure a scant teaspoon of Argo Cornstarch or any other cooking type cornstarch. Dissolve it in a few TBSP of cold water in a 2 cup glass measuring cup then add boiling water to the 1 cup line and stir until totally dissolved. Add cold water to the 2 cup line. Put in a fine mist sprayer. (The kind you get from the beauty department of the drug store works best. Be sure to label the bottle.
Shake the bottle every time you spray. If white flaking occurs dilute with additional water. Shake well every time you spray.
In fact, if you do radical "shaking" (put them in a blender) you can break down the starch solution because the rapidly whirling blades of the blender literally cuts the bags of starch open and thus breaks down the structure of the solution.
If, after adding the boiling water to the starch mixed with cold water, the solution doesn't turn clear, thick and glossy, I suggest you zap it in the microwave in 30 second increments to heat it up until the starch has been fully cooked.
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